A pervert downloaded more than 1,000 illegal images of children to feed an "addiction". John Claridge, who worked for Castle Bingo at the time, was caught with the vile collection when police raided his home.
The 45-year-old, of Porthcawl, was at home with his fiancée and child at 7.40am on October 7, 2021, when officers searched the property. Claridge admitted there were indecent images on his Samsung laptop but officers also found some on his Sony laptop, Newport Crown Court heard.
He had used a special browser to access the dark web. In total there were 382 images in Category A – the most serious – as well as 307 in Category B and 452 in Category C. There were also three images in the 'prohibited' category, meaning they were not photographs.
